Waikino School - Whare Manu fire

I just wanted to jump on and say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated to help us get Whare Manu back on her feet via this give a little page. We have been totally humbled by the support we have received from both near and far, not only donations, but also in offers of assistance with the demo and rebuild, support of our fundraising efforts, kind words and messages of support, and assistance from other local schools and organisations too.

This was certainly not the finish to the year that we'd hoped for, however, the response we have recieved has been overwhelming. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you all. xx

We are now beginning to look forward to the recreation of Whare Manu - version 2. We have learnt a few things in the process, and will be rebuilding our pizza oven too, however this will be located well away from our main building this time.

We hope to have the area useable again in the first half of 2021, and look forward to sharing this with our community, once we are all back up and running.

Be sure to keep an eye out on our school facebook page for updates on the progress of our rebuild, and there may even be a call out for help, when it comes to time to stamp clay for the new pizza oven. Many feet make light work, and there really is no better feeling than having clay squishing up through your toes!